If you have a large archive and you just want to verify what files are inside without cluttering up your hard drive, you can list the contents.
Creating archives is just as easy as extracting them. This is incredibly useful if you need to send a batch of logs or a project folder to a Linux server (where .zip files are sometimes treated with suspicion). windows tar gzip
tar -czf backup.tar.gz folder1 folder2 image.png script.py If you have a large archive and you
tar -xzvf file.txt.gz # extracts file.txt windows tar gzip
tar -xvf myarchive.tar